Details

Brand

Hublot

Model

Big Bang Unico Flyback

Reference

411.CI.1110.RX

Movement

Automatic cal. HUB1242

Case

45.5 mm

Metal

Ceramic

Circa

2015

Dial

Black (Skeletonised)

Bezel

Black Ceramic

Condition

Excellent

Box/Papers

Box & Card

About this watch

Band: Black Rubber (OEM) Clasp: Ceramic Deployant Glass: Sapphire crystal Water Resistant: 10 Bar/100 m (Not Intended for Submersion) Hublot’s Big Bang debuted in 2005 and quickly became the watch that defined the brand’s “Art of Fusion” approach of mixing unexpected materials. In 2013 Hublot employed its own in-house Unico chronograph calibre into the Big Bang case for the first time, creating the Big Bang Unico. This is the All Black version, one of 1,000 pieces. Case, bezel and dial are all finished in black, so the time reads through texture and depth rather than colour especially in natural light. The case measures 45.5mm in diameter. It is made from microblasted black ceramic, with titanium screws, pushers and crown. It is pressure-resistant to 10 bar (100 metres). That makes it fine for rain and splashes, but it isn’t a dive watch and shouldn’t be worn swimming. The dial is skeletonised, allowing a view into the movement from the front, including the chronograph’s column wheel. There is a date aperture and a running seconds subdial, along with the 60-minute chronograph register. The indices and stick hands are black on black, in keeping with the rest of the watch. A sapphire crystal coated with eye-catching anti-reflective protects over the dial. The same material creates a window through to the display caseback. The bezel is black ceramic, held by Hublot’s signature H-shaped titanium screws. It is fixed and decorative rather than functional. The watch comes on a black rubber strap secured by a deployant clasp. The strap fits with a quick-release system, so it can be changed without tools or watchmaker. Inside is the HUB1242 Unico, Hublot’s own self-winding flyback chronograph calibre. It is made from 330 components. It…